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EXPLORATION Academic and domain specific vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| exploration | to go into or travel over for purposes of discovery or adventure |
| natural resource | something (as a mineral, waterpower source, forest, or kind of animal) that is found in nature and is valuable to humans (as in providing a source of energy, recreation, or scenic beauty |
| claim | to ask for as rightfully belonging to oneself |
| foothold | a position usable as a base for further advance |
| trade route | one of the sea-lanes used by merchant ships, a route followed by traders (as in caravans) |
| empire | a major political unit or peoples under one ruler with total authority; especially : an emperor OR KING |
| nation | the territory of a nation |
| settlement | a place or region newly settled |
| colonization | to settle in a territory |
| colony | a group of people sent out by a state to a new territory |
| Line of Demarcation | This line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands (already Portuguese) and the islands discovered by Christopher Columbus (claimed for Spain) |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain off the west coast of Africa |
| conquistador | Spanish soldier conquerors of America in the 16th century |
| Oceania | lands of the central & South Pacific: New Zealand, Australia |
| Technology | the use of science in solving problems |
| Technology to to move forward | Advancement |
| Latitude (aka parallel) | distance north or south from the equator measured in degrees |
| Compass | instrument used to navigate to find north |
| Rudder | a flat movable piece (wood or metal) attached to the rear of a ship for steering |
| Gunpowder | Technological advancement used in weapons |
| Excavate | to uncover by digging away covering earth |
| conquer | to get or gain by force of arms |
| astrolabe | an instrument for observing the positions of heavenly bodies that was used before the sextant was invented |
| cartography | the making of maps |
| cartographer | a person who makes maps |
| caravel | a small 15th and 16th century ship with a broad bow, a high stern, and usually three masts |
| natives (native population) | one of a people living in a place before the arrival of foreigners |
| Tropic of Cancer | (the Northern tropic) is the circle of latitude |
| Tropic of Capricorn | ( Southern tropic) is the circle of latitude |
| Equator | an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. |
| longitude aka meridian | an imaginary line on the earth's surface from pole to pole and measure distance and time |
| hemisphere | half of the earth |
| Oceania | area of south Pacific including Australia and New Zealand |
| circumnavigation | circling of the globe |
| empire | a group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government |
| colonial expansion | making an empire more powerful by adding new territories |
| global expansion | exploring unknown regions of the world |
| conquistador | Spanish conquerors in the New World |
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